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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79024</law_id><section_number>38.2-2107</section_number><catch_line>Commission may establish guidelines for filing readable fire insurance policy forms</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>38.2-2104</reference><reference>38.2-2105</reference><reference>38.2-2106</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="21">Fire Insurance Policies</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may establish guidelines for the filing of simplified and readable policies of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span>. An <span class="dictionary">insurer</span> may <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a simplified and readable policy of <span class="dictionary">insurance</span> that deviates in language from the standard policy form provided for in &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Standard insuring agreement for fire insurance policies" href="/38.2-2104/">38.2-2104</a>, <a class="law" title="Standard provisions, conditions, stipulations and agreements for such policies" href="/38.2-2105/">38.2-2105</a>, and <a class="law" title="Standard form for execution of policies" href="/38.2-2106/">38.2-2106</a> if the deviating policy form is (i) in no respect less favorable to the insured than the standard policy form, and is (ii) approved by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> prior to issuance. <a id="paragraph-283034" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2107/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Notwithstanding the pro rata liability provision included in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Standard provisions, conditions, stipulations and agreements for such policies" href="/38.2-2105/">38.2-2105</a>, such simplified and readable policies or endorsements may be issued to apply on an excess basis if such provisions are clearly stated in the policy form or endorsement. <a id="paragraph-283035" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-2107/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1977, c. 255, &#xA7; 38.1-367.1; 1979, c. 176; 1986, c. 562; 2003, c. 930; 2013, c. 12.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
